Clayton HoveOne of Hans Christian Andersen‘s less-celebrated works, it’s a story about a young girl and her irritable bowels.
Seen at today’s North Star Auction.
Nick East (Indie Writer)@adtothebone I'd read the hell out of that! 😂
Bjørnar (he/him)@NickEast_IndieWriter @adtothebone Fool me I had to go and read the actual story and unsurprisingly it was Andersen at his matchstick girl-worst!
@btuftin @adtothebone Shouldn't that be matchstick girl-best? 🤔 I mean it's a great if terrible story... 😊
@NickEast_IndieWriter @adtothebone This one has aged worse. In part because it's more close to reality, in part because it's longer, in part because Andersen was a freaky misanthrope.
@btuftin @adtothebone I'll take your word for how it's aged, but sometimes you need a freaky misanthrope to really grab you by the guts and whirl them all about until all the sadness falls out 😇😁
@NickEast_IndieWriter @adtothebone it's readily available online ;)
@adtothebone @btuftin If I was to put everything that was "read"-ily available online on my TBR I would never go outside again, and I like the outside, it maketh me hopeful 😜😁
Arne Dehli Halvorsen@adtothebone It is less well known that the Ib in question had a more famous son - writer Henrik Ibsen.
(i also have a bridge to sell, any takers?)